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The Classic of the Way and Virtue

A New Translation of the Tao-te ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi

By Laozi

First written 3rd century CE (commentary)

About this book

Lynn’s translation of the Daodejing together with Wang Bi’s commentary, reading the text as Wang Bi did, as a philosophy of nonbeing as the root of all things; the commentary that shaped the received text and its interpretation.

The edition

Title
The Classic of the Way and Virtue: A New Translation of the Tao-te ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi
Commentary by
Wang Bi
Translated by
Richard John Lynn
Publisher
Columbia University Press, New York
Year
1999

Availability

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Citing this book

The source record gives the full citation, and lists where Metanoia cites this edition.

Period

Late Antiquity200 CE to 700 CE

Subjects

Traditions

Concepts